Sugar free tomato ketchup sauce recipe for children

Why you should make your own healthy sugar free tomato sauce

Most commercial tomato sauce/ketchups are very high in sugar, with a sugar content of around 30%. It varies a little from brand to brand but in general they are around one third added sugar. For every Tablespoon of tomato sauce, your child is eating they are having 1-1.5 teaspoons of added sugar. This can add up pretty quickly if your child is a sauce lover.

My kids are no exception to the rule, they L O V E tomato sauce. They love it for dipping things, they love it with meats, hell they enjoy licking it straight off the plate or off their fingers. So how do I keep my sauce loving kids sugar intake low?

Well, I make my own sugar free tomato sauce.

3 Ingredient Tomato Sauce Recipe

Yes, that’s right to make homemade tomato sauce you only need 3 ingredients. Around 2 minutes of preparation time and about 30 minutes of patience. By patience I mean leaving something to bubble on the stove. It’s easy I promise.

Garlic, olive oil and tinned tomatoes all you need to make your own tomato sauce

Instructions

Pour in the tomatoes and leave to bubble over a medium/low heat for around 30 minutes

Once the sauce is nicely thickened give it a good vigorous stir with a spoon to really incorporate the oil

Notes

When you are choosing tinned tomato products check the label and look for products with no added sugar in the ingredients list and little to no added salt the salt content should be well under 200 mg/100g of sodium for basic tinned tomatoes

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Homemade sugar-free tomato sauce serving suggestions

Serve the sauce/ketchup as you would normal commercial sauce, as a condiment, in a burger, with meats or sausages

Stir it through pasta for a super quick pasta dish, you can add extra vege, meat, fish, chicken, cheese or lentils/chickpeas to add extra nutrition

Make a layered hummus dip, alternate layers of hummus with the tomato sauce to make a colourful dip perfect for cucumber and carrot sticks

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It will be absolutely fine for 3 days. It will freeze too. I my house with 3 kids we get through it quickly. I use it to stir through pasta, in toasted sandwiches, as a pizza base sauce or just as a dip so it goes quickly